Entire Bohol under Signal No 1. as Ursula makes landfall in E. Visayas

Entire Bohol under Signal No 1. as Ursula makes landfall in E. Visayas

Typhoon Ursula on Tuesday afternoon made landfall over Salcedo, eastern Samar bringing violent winds near the storm’s center and placing the entire province of Bohol under Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal (TCWS) No. 1 for the first time since the weather disturbance entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility.

PAGASA in its 5 p.m. bulletin said that the eye of the typhoon was located, based on all available data, at 20 kilometers northeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar as of 4:45 p.m.

It was packing maximum sustained winds of up to 120 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 150 kph as it headed west at 25 kph.

PAGASA only earlier hoisted TCWS over the northeastern segment of Bohol since Monday but more localities in the region were placed under a storm signal as the cyclone intensified and moved westward on Tuesday afternoon.

According to the Visayas PAGASA Regional Services Division, stormy weather with moderate to heavy occasional rains or thunderstorms may be experienced in Tagbilaran City and the rest of Bohol on Tuesday and Wednesday, Christmas Day.

Visayas PAGASA said that winds with speed of 60 kph to 80 kph may be experienced in the province while seas around the province are expected to be “very rough.”